New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 08:44 AM CDT
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Is there any way to not have a new cleric join the Faenella cult?

I haven't spent a ton of time messing with it, but I know you can't align till you get devotion, but as soon as you interact with the devotion system it defaults you into Faenella?
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 10:04 AM CDT
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Your first interaction with magic is actually what will default you to an alignment with Faenella. This can be easily shifted by using the Align ritual.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:09 PM CDT
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>Your first interaction with magic is actually what will default you to an alignment with Faenella. This can be easily shifted by using the Align ritual.

You're right. I went back and read my logs and it was either the power command, or the 'ask about magic' interaction with a guild leader.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:21 PM CDT
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I don't think the align ritual is really a secret (I think the syntax is actually available on elanthipedia), but I'm typically around Crossing to assist young Clerics learning about their abilities, etc.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:22 PM CDT
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Sorry for double post, but one further comment. Being that Align is a ritual, it should have no devotion cost associated with it that I can recall.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:26 PM CDT
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>Sorry for double post, but one further comment. Being that Align is a ritual, it should have no devotion cost associated with it that I can recall.

No, you misunderstand. To change alignment requires a base level of devotion.

> align huld
>You balk at performing such an important rite when the gods do not even know your name!


Now, as far as I know, you could simply join the guild, then pray/etc. till you have some devotion, and align yourself to who you want, before interacting with magic and getting defaulted to Faenella.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:27 PM CDT
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I am just curious, but why do you want to align to a different god before you are automatically aligned to Fenella?
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:32 PM CDT
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Ah right, you have to have hit a certain plateau first. I don't recall if you lose any in the usage or not. The only reason to change from Faenella is preference on which magic skills you wish to be bonused/penalized (and for personal RP reasons I suppose).
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:38 PM CDT
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>I am just curious, but why do you want to align to a different god before you are automatically aligned to Fenella?

Two reasons: Mechanically, to change the skills buffs/nerfed (since you get a hefty bonus to 2 skills and an equal penalty to 3), I personally prefer to set my align for something I find less easy to script to victory, like debilitation. Aug/uti/etc. can all be trained outside combat, so a 20% boost/penalty is meh. Or 15%, whatever it is.

And of course RP. It's hard to RP as 'cleric of X' when you've set your alignment to not-X.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:41 PM CDT
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oh, I know about the reasons to align to one particular god. It just seemed like you were trying to skip the part where you are aligned to Feanella first. Or, in other words, to change from:

Unaligned >>> Faenella >>> whatever god you want

to:

Unaligned >>> whatever god you want

If you are just trying to find the easiest way to align to the god of your choice, that makes sense.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 12:50 PM CDT
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>>Mechanically, to change the skills buffs/nerfed (since you get a hefty bonus to 2 skills and an equal penalty to 3),

one of the reasons they put Faenella as the default is because all the starting spells will be bonused by Faenella. Mechanical isn't a reason to change it before second circle.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 02:29 PM CDT
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>Mechanical isn't a reason to change it before second circle.

Aside from not wanting to have to deal with the hassle of changing it, since the system defaulted you into a god you don't worship, I guess.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 02:59 PM CDT
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>Aside from not wanting to have to deal with the hassle of changing it, since the system defaulted you into a god you don't worship, I guess.

That would be an RP reason. I didn't say anything about that. And I hardly think that typing align <god> is a hassle.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 03:10 PM CDT
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At this point, I can only assume you're arguing for the sake of hearing your own voice.
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Re: New cleric, god choice on 05/31/2015 03:51 PM CDT
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>>At this point, I can only assume you're arguing for the sake of hearing your own voice.

I can't imagine what I said that would make you think that. I said there's not a mechanical reason for changing your alignment before circle 2 at the earliest. That wasn't an argument, that was simple fact. YOU argued with ME.
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